Swimming

My grandparents have a pool. Sasha has always loved to swim, but I hate getting water in my ears. My mom says I don't have enough fat on my body and all my muscle makes me sink down in the water and it gets into my ears. Mom bought me a really cool orange doggie life vest last week and now I can float in the water without my ears getting wet! It is so much more fun than I thought it would be to swim around with the family on those hots days when the temperature is over 100 degrees. Sasha always tries to splash me or jump on my though and drives me crazy. Of course, I always steal the ball from her after she's fetched it from the pool. She's not afraid of anything though. She'll even jump off the diving board. I prefer to use the stairs.

All to myself

Today was the first time in a long time that Sasha has been kenneled and I've had the living room all to myself. She unraveled mom's kitchen rug, so she has to go in her box for a while. I had the sunny spot all to myself and didn't have to eat my biscuit all at once because there was no one there to steal it from me. Before mom left for school she left me a biscuit, peanut butter flavor, which is my favorite and a raw hide. I ate part of it and then laid down for a nap. Later I heard a car door slam, so I thought mom was home, but it was someone across the street. I spent some time looking out the front window at the birds and people and leaves blowing by. Then I finished the rest of my biscuit. I thought mom may be home soon, which meant Sasha would be let out of her box, so I decided to hide my rawhide treat. Last time I hid it in the couch and Sasha found it right away, so I started looking for somewhere better to hide it. I found the perfect spot, right under dad's pillow on the bed. I even put the blanket back over it so that no one would know where I hid it. Sasha will never find it now...